I don’t know when I bought these four gold fish. I had a large bowl I was using as a tank. It quickly became apparent that these fish were actually doing well and that they needed more room. We bought a 5 gallon aquarium, with filter, oxygenator, etc.
I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say they are now at least 3 times the size they were when I bought them. I usually end up cleaning out the aquarium once a month, depending on how their water is looking. I scrub everything, vacuum the stones, put in new, treated water, change the decorations, hook everything back up and then carefully add the fish again.
The only ‘trick’ they do is that when they see me coming and hope I’m going to feed them, they all bunch into the same corner and wiggle their little bodies, looking right at me. For some unknown reason, this melts my heart.
They never say anything about the change in decor. I do see them checking things out each time I change things, so I hope this keeps them from getting bored.
Since I talk to my plants, I also talk to the fish. We don’t have any deep discussions about the state of the world or anything. I basically make noises, sounding like an idiot, while they wriggle and blow bubbles at me.
Works for us!
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Sweet! I’ve been contemplating getting some goldfish or koi for a glass urn on my porch. I’m not sure if the goldfish would live without a filter though. I think the koi will, so that might be the route I go, but I can only have one in that case…I would love to have a few.
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I hope you do it. It sounds like great fun. Let me know.
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This sounds like a lot of fun. I hope you do it. I love Koi. One of my friends has some. Please let me know if you do it, and how things turn out.
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Oh what a lapse of thought I had…I used to have koi when I had a pond, I meant a small betta fish…though if I could have a koi on the porch I definitely would give it a try.
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I had a Beta once. He was beautiful, but had to be alone in the bowl or would EAT other fish.
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I have had them too…they will fight to the death if there are other male fish in the same container.
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They’re so BEAUTIFUL, though. I hope you do it.
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I’m thinking….
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I ended up getting two small guppies and put them in an urn bowl on my porch table. I had guppies years ago, and I am thinking of getting myself a larger aquarium in the Autumn.
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That’s great! What color are they? You can enjoy them without so much work. (MY fish are telling me it’s time to give them some attention with their aquarium…) Enjoy!
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They are both small females…one with a pretty gold tail and one with a black tail.
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NICE!
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A larger aquarium will allow me to get a male. Right now, in the small space, he would chase them without mercy! 😕
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This will be something to look forward to. I hope you have a lot of fun with this. :0)
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